Eden | Exclsive Ladies Spa Resort
Created on Sunday, 01 March 2009 12:07 Hits: 192
|
Project | Spa Resort - Family Resort - Treehouse campground - International Restaurants - Natural Habitat & Wild Life Resort - Deer Park - Turtles Hub - Health Center
Lead Architect | Populous |
|
| MARCH 1 '11 Client hosted the consultants for a two-day site visit on the Free Zone Island and arranged for meetings with the local authorities to start the beginning of this world class unique and prestigious project. After precise examination of the site and the island, the architects have initiated a unique approach for master planning the project, a conscious project that is aware of its surrounding and the habitats of its island, a design that is inspired by its environment. |
                          |
| MARCH 9 '11 The Client along with Project Management visit Architects and Engineers at their studios to start a series of interactive workshops for the master plan phase. It's worth mentioning, during one of these workshops, following the sustainability aspects of the project, the engineers suggested to use the existing ground-coverage material from the minimal excavation of the site, which is a mix of native sand and corals, as building breaks. |
       |
| APRIL 15 '11 Brief version of the Master Plan has been published to be introduced on an international level at Abu Dhabi Cityscape 2011. |
|
| JUNE 3 '11 Stage 1/3 delivered to the respected Local Authority. Further discussions on the protection of the local deers and turtles, advanced planting, virgin landscape, and waste energy in general for the Island and specific for the project took place on the Island; following workshops on Stage 2 in our studio. |
  |
Master Plan Design Note submitted on April 26th 2011.
Master Plan submitted on April 28th 2011.
Landscape Architect | Macgregor Smith
Project Manager | Tawseaa
Feasibility Consultant | Leisure Consultants - Christie+Co
| JULY 16 '11 Series of Advanced Studies taken place on the island by the Landscape Archtiects as well as the Feasibility Consultants to better understand the existing habitats of the native Deers and Turtles, native vegetation, and to initiate the virgin native landscape per the masterplan and establish a nursery on site for immidiate planting, and to study the hospitalty and the tourisim of the Island and the ease of accessing the resort for future guests; some further irrigation studies underway as unlike typical projects this project is emphasising its eco-friendly aspect of the design, awareness of its location and surroundings and being responsive to its immidiate environemnt. |
    |
Site Ecology and Plant Procurement submitted on August 8th 2011.
Feasibility Study submitted on August 10th 2011.
Lead Architect | Populous
Sustainable Engineering | Buro Happold
Landscape Architect | Macgregor Smith
Project Manager | Tawseaa
Video Director | OPM Productions
| OCTOBER 10 '11 First series of Stage 2 workshops took place at Buro Happold's London Office where extensive review over the viability study and marketing strategies took place. The progress of partial Stage 3, construction methods, and future needed consultants were some of the major topics. Sustainability of the project in every aspect was a major topic on its own; different criteria for such recognition was reviewed as well. Some early discussion over IT also took place in these workshops. |
           |
*Authorized registered members may log in for more information.
*Resort opening date has been postponed from January 2013 to January 2014 due to Seasonal Planting Constrains.